Colored sugar sprinkles

I love sugar sprinkles, especially when you can “make” them in the excact color you want. So I wanted to share this great tip that I found on Martha Stewart.com Take any kind of white sprinkles (it works with white sugar too) and place it in a zipper bag. Ad very small amounts of food powder dusts (lustre dusts is very pretty to use) and close the bag. Shake the bag well to evenly blend in the food powder and your done. Always start out with a little food powder as it can very easy get too dark. So easy and simple to make the most fantastic shades of sugar sprinkles.

Use the sugar sprinkles on your cupcakes, cookies or ice cream to make an easy and colorful decoration.

Tip: you can put the sprinkles in a sweet little jar and tie a bow around and you will have the perfect little gift for a passionate home baker.

My guess is that they have placed each tier on a turning table that can be tilted. This make it more easier to add/pipe details to the side of the cake. I would use a thin coat of piping gel that is almost dry (tacky) to the surface, so that the sugar wont dissolve.

It’s just a guess, but when you use colour dust on gumpaste, you steam it to set the colour and prevent bleeding. I imagine that because the sugar hasn’t been set, the dust is bleeding. Store bought sprinkles are typically made of coloured sugars, so the colour is all throughout and part of the pieces, not just a dusting on the outside. That would minimize bleeding.